Illustrious Dames of the Court of the Valois Kings
Illustrious Dames of the Court of the Valois Kings
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In short, her company and her Court were a true paradise in the world, and a school of all virtue and honour, the orna- ment of France, as the foreigners wdio came there knew well and said ; for they were all most politely received, and her ladies and maids of honour were commanded to adorn themselves at their coming like goddesses, and to entertain these visitors, 78 THE BOOK OF THE LADIES.
not amusing themselves elsewhere ; otherwise she taunted them well and reprimanded them.
In fact, her Co...urt was such that when she died the voices of all declared that the Court was no longer a Court, and that never again would France have a true queen-mother. What a Court it was ! such as, I believe, no Emperor of Eome in the olden time ever held for ladies, nor any of our Kings of Prance. Though it is true that the great Emperor Charle- magne, King of France, during his lifetime took great pleas- ure in making and maintaining a grand and full Court of peers, dukes, counts, palatines, barons, and knights of France ; also of ladies, their wives and daughters, with others of all countries, to pay court and lionour (as the old romances of that day have said) to the empress and queen, and to see the fine jousts, tournaments, and magnificences done there by knights-errant coming from all parts.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In short, her company and her Court were a true paradise in the world, and a school of all virtue and honour, the orna- ment of France, as the foreigners wdio came there knew well and said ; for they were all most politely received, and her ladies and maids of honour were commanded to adorn themselves at their coming like goddesses, and to entertain these visitors, 78 THE BOOK OF THE LADIES.
not amusing themselves elsewhere ; otherwise she taunted them well and reprimanded them.
In fact, her Co...urt was such that when she died the voices of all declared that the Court was no longer a Court, and that never again would France have a true queen-mother. What a Court it was ! such as, I believe, no Emperor of Eome in the olden time ever held for ladies, nor any of our Kings of Prance. Though it is true that the great Emperor Charle- magne, King of France, during his lifetime took great pleas- ure in making and maintaining a grand and full Court of peers, dukes, counts, palatines, barons, and knights of France ; also of ladies, their wives and daughters, with others of all countries, to pay court and lionour (as the old romances of that day have said) to the empress and queen, and to see the fine jousts, tournaments, and magnificences done there by knights-errant coming from all parts.
What to read after Illustrious Dames of the Court of the Valois Kings?
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